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Posted on 17. Jul, 2010 by admin in Whale Reports
Australians love the ocean as if it were calling to them, but if the ocean is calling, a big part of the call must be the fact that the Humpback Whale has the longest and most complex call song of all the great whales.
This week we experienced the magical sound of the humpbacks singing, the males will sing to serenade the females….one large male will produce the call song and from there each and every other male will continue on with the same song, however whilst the males sing to attract their potential mates the females make grunting loud social sounds.
Each and every year the song will change, it is passed on to the genetic memory of future whale generations.
If you are fortunate enough to have listened to the whales singing then you will understand how their music can filter into your senses and your soul, then and only then you are changed as a person.
Recordings of these songs are used to identify individual whales and possibly individual pods of whales as they navigate their particular oceans. These melodious songs can be heard through the hull of a boat without the aid of the sophisticated underwater microphones.
Whilst diving in the pristine warm sheltered waters of the Moreton Bay Marine Park you will no doubt hear the whales sing.
CAPTAIN KERRY
BRISBANE WHALE WATCHING
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